
Utpal Kumar
Utpal Kumar is the opinion editor at News18 and Firstpost. During more than two decades of his journalistic experience, he has worked with several media houses in the country. He started his career at The Pioneer and went on to work at the Hindustan Times, Mail Today (India Today Group), and The Sunday Guardian. Kumar has written hundreds of articles for reputed newspapers and magazines. As the books editor of most of the organizations he has worked at, he reviewed hundreds of books and interviewed preeminent authors. He is among the most trenchant nationalist voices in the mainstream media. Eminent Distorians: Twists and Truths in Bharat?s History is his second book. His debut, Bharat Rising: Dharma, Democracy, Diplomacy, published in January 2024, is a bestseller.